New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-01-05
Fire damaged the, Alaska Stock com.
pany's building, Detroit, Mich, s37, oOo;5
insurance. SIT. 500 's5s s.

pany's building, Detroit, Mich, $37, 900;
insurance, SIT, 500.
The following patents have been issued:
Wisconsin,. Birkholz, Milwaukee, spiral
conveyor; E. Dederick, Milwaukee, driv-
ing mechanism for cars; C. B. Henchell,
Milwaukee, cigar box label; W. A. Hol-
brook, Milwaukee, spring strip for inside
blinds, also one for outside blinds; ]. C..
Schleicher, Sun Prairie, corn planter; w
too. S. Garfield, Minneapolis, horseshoe;
J.. o.. Fox, Minneapolis, showcase; j. A.
Mackenzie, Minneapolis, hinge mortisiDg
machine; c. G. Wrenshall, st. Paul, track
bolt. Iowa-R. Buchanan, Sioux City
drum tightening J W. Bunch, Keokuk,
wagon seat; l.. e.. Hastings, Manning,
bracket; G. w. Penn, Onawa, windmill; j.
G. Schwaller, Halber, wheel cultivator; G..
d. Slaughter. Atlantic, hosiery exhibition
and sale rack. Dakota-Maj A. Bancroft,
printing; D. IT. Houston, Hunter, photo
graphic appara tus.
The twelfth annual meeting OF the North
western Travelling Mems asso citation was
held in Chicago. The election ofofficers re-
suited as follows: President, James G..
Miller; secretary and treasurer, Charles II.
Hinman; directors, III. S. Pinney, D. X.
Clark, j. D. Patterson, George j. Reed H.
w. Cutter; vice presidents, Illinois, w. H.
Russell; Iowa, H. H. Osgood; Minnesota,
W. G. Byron; Wisconsin, j. F. Bacon
Indiana, w. S. Mcmillan; Missouri, n c.:
Wentmore; Michigan, Ira r. Wiles; Ohio,
Henry Rindskopf.
Gen. Logan is lying at the point OF death
and the doctors have little hope OF his re-
covery.
Senators are joking Senator Van Wyck
because his name is spelled in the Congress
sional directory, Wick"
Senator Beck said the other day: II
was Left trustee under a will for some
property in St. Paul, and the beneficiaries
almost quarreled with me two years ago
because would not sell it for $4,000
have an offer OF $4,000 for the
same property, and ] am not going to
accept that. What do they think OF it
now?" asked a congressman OF the senator.
''Well, they think am not quite such g.
fool as they supposed" replied Mr.. Beck
with a hearty outlaw.
The following vera select ed as Gen.
Logan's pail bearers: Gen. Simon Gamer
Lincoln.C. H. Andrews OF. Youngstown,
Ohio, Col. Fred Grant, Gen. Lucius Fair
child, NJ. L. Leggett OF Cleveland, Gov.
jeremiah Rusk of Wisconsin, Gen w. T.
Sherman, Col. w. F. Villas, Gen. John c.
Black and DR.. Charles Mcmillan, OF the
Loyal Legion.
While hearing q case in the divorce court
at Chicago, Judge Tuley called attention to
the statute which provides that, in default
cases where notice is by publication three
years must elapse before the decree becomes
valid, and that in such cases neither party
can legally marry again until that period
has expired. This announcement has Gre
ated a sensation, as, under the law, hun
dreds of people now living in wedlock are
not legally married.
By request OF Mrs. Logan, Gen. Sherman
will be in charge OF the procession which
will escort the remains from Calumet place
to the capitol. The following is the COM
mite appointed by Senator Sherman to
take charge OF the remains: Senator Gull
lom, Stanford, Cockrell, Allison, Beck, Haw-
ley, VOORHEES,, Hampton and Henderson.
Sheppard F. Knapp, one Of New York's
best known business men, died in that city.
He was born in 1882, and has been pro mi.
nent in local politics and society for years.
Postmasters commissi oned: Minnesota
Sjardal Underwood. Dakota
A. Williams on, Greenwood;
Charles P. RUSSELL Fort Sulley; D. I. Will
ard, La Grace Charles E. Morse, Winfield.
A new postoffice has been established at
Jarvis, Becker county, J. H. LANCE post.
master.
The Stewart mansion in Washington,
built by ex-senator Stewart of Nevada, is
heated at an expense OF So, 500 year.
The Chinese legation occupies it.
Frank H. Mather, a young man Of decid-
edly clerical appearance, is locked up in
Chicago charged with attempted highway
robbery. Mather recently came to Chicago
e,Dr 1,,41 x,e i
nc great snow storm in England has
ended. Great damage was done TO trees,
telegraph wires, ETC., and railroad travel
was impeded. France also suffered severe
ly from the recent storm. An enormous
amount OF property was destroyed.
Marshal Hume OF Forest, Ohio, shot and
killed Charles Tarelton, whom he was TAX
ing under arrest from Tifin.
Timothy Wright OF New York filed a bill
in the superior court OF Chicago against
his cousin, Thomas LYMAN. for an &C
counting and discovery, claiming that Ly-
mann has failed to account for an estate
worth nearly $3,0oO,oOO.
Victorien Sardou has made a fortune by
the production OF his plays in London, but
has always contemptuously refused to Wis.
it that city until now. Miss Grace Haw-
thorne. the AMBITIOUS young American
actress, is the attraction that draws him
thither.
Mr.. Gladstone has written for the Jan
uary number OF the Nineteenth Century an
a1ticle entitled 'Locksley Hall and the
Jubilee" q criticism OF the poem by the
5 light OF the events OF the past fifty years.
IN At Milwaukee, the sheriff attached the
stock OF Z. Harris & Sons. dry goods, on
claims amounting to $50, 900, and Joseph
Rosenfeld, shoe dealer, on claims amount
ing to $4,000.
It is learned that the yacht race on th .
occasion OF the queens jubilee will be a
thorough ocean race over q long distance
The clubs have virtually adopted q new
rule, under which yachts will be classed by
multiplying the length OF a vessel by the
sail area and dividing by 5000, thus re-
moving the heavy tax upon the beam.
A Lyons (France) policeman seized a